Battery plate



Nov. 16 192s. 1,607,225

T. F. WILLIAMS BATTERY PLATE Filed March 22, 192e l Patented Nov. 16, 1926.

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This invention relates to newand useful improvements! in the .plates 'otstoragel battei'ies,'and it consists in certain peculiarities ofthe construction, novel arrangementr 5 and combination ofthe various Aparts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully setforth and specifically claimed.

The inventionhas as one of 'ts objects,` to

provide batteryplates of much greater dura! l bility or of longerlife, thanordinarily,xby A drawing, each plate consists of a pair of `outsideA grids 6,7which, inthe forinationvofV the providing simple and effective means whereby the active material of suchplates will be held vin piace. throughout the entire .unit, and besides, enabling the'active material to l be made harder than usual.` I

Another object of the invention is.y to fur- `nish battery plates of highercapacity thanv those heretofore 'produced by providing means whereby the electrolyte will be carrie'd to all.V sections of the plate, rather than to'itssurface only, as before, ztherebyob taining full actionofa much greater area,-

"A further object is, to eliminate or to reduce to aminimum, the deleterious expansion and contraction of battery plates, las the battery is discharged and charged, thus causingthegrids, in lead batteries, to crack.' j

' Other objects `and 4advantages of the inif'ention, will Vbe 4disclosed in ,-theffollowfing description and explanation, which will be more readily understood whenread'in conjunction with thev accompanying drawing, which drawing illustrates an embodiment-of whichitheinven'tionis susceptible, it being understood that modifications and changes may be resorted to without a departure from the spirit of the invention, so long as they fall within the scope of the appended claim. In the drawing: y Fig. 1 is aside view in elevation of -a battery plate constructed according to the 'invention, showing it shortened for theV convenience of illustration.

. Fig. 2 is'an enlarged sectional 4view taken on line 2, 2, of Fig. l, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

Fig. 3 is a fragmental perspective View of one of the grids or outside members of each plate. j v n Fig. 4 is a face View `of a portion ofa netted or grated filler plateor 'sheet used between the grids or members of each battery plate and j Y Fig. 5 is a fragmental edge view of the upper portion of one ofthe plates showing the Y position of the extensions for accommodat- `ing one'V of the terminals, wheirsaid' extensions are united together.

-Likenumeralsof referencei'efer to correl Vspondiiig parts throughout thediiterent 60 ,views of the drawing. v`vEach 'plate liis, by. preference-rectangular `in shapefas shown,` tofbeplaced in a cell vof similar shape,so

tliatpits terminal extensionsfinay occupy ad position at the upper part of the cell.. G5

`As Vwillfbe clearly seenmin Fig. '2,-of'the plate l.are held-spaced in :parallel .positions with respecttoone another.. *Eachy ofthese 7U, outside grids :or .members is provided at'one of itsV upper corners witha terminal extension 7 and withspaced bars Vv8, and9. l Ono ofthe outside grids 6, has arranged: in horizontal andverticalspaced rows a series of projections-'or studs 10.,"y which extend Vinwardly from theinner surface at the altorf nate junctures 0f the bars orgrates. Each has at its alternate juncture between vertical rows ofstuds 10, an opening 11, to receive 80 Vtheivstuds or pins .on-the other outside grid O r member,'which is of the same construce tionv as above described, except that its horiT l zontal'bars v8, are yalternately provided with openings 11, to receive the pins or studs 10, on the first named member andwith pins or studsjon, the inner surface/of itsv alternate barskS,disposedfhorizontally between. the pins 10, of the first mentioned outside grid;

The pins or-jstuds'lO, on each ofsaidoutside so grids is preferably pointed, so that they can be easily riveted thereby securely holding` the grids together, and also, so that they "will readily pierce the knitted4 or grated porous sheets orf members 12, vthe construc-v '95' tion and explanation vof which will be presently explained. i

e Interposed in spaced relation with one another, between the outside grids or mem- Y bers 6, are' a plurality of inside grids or 100 members 13, which like thel members 6, are made of lead, but from .which the pins are omitted. However, in proper places forthe passage of said pins, each of the inside gridsk is provided with openingsllli, to receive said pins, by which' they are supported. It will be understood that the pins 10, arek made of lead as well as ytheiplates which carry them.

Mounted face torvface on thepins 10,- between each outside grid 6, and the'grid 13, adjacent thereto, as well as between the last named grids, area plurality of porous sheets l l12, of netted `linen or other suitable material Vthe crossed threads of Whiclnorming the net Work, are of a capillary nature or char acter. s Y Y As shown in Fig. 1, each of the fibrous sheets' 12, is made up of Acrossed threads 14, and 15, Woven or fashioned so as to produce small net like openings.` Each tot these sheets 12, is treated to or with lead oxide 16, vbutin such .a Svay ,that the ends of the crossed threads 14,.and 15 may .bevexposed The method ofztreating the sheets .12,"With lead oxide maybe of various kinds, such as by dipping the sheets finto said material, or

.by coating thesides .of said sheets .with the `said material, or in any-other suitable .man-

ner. .When thustreated it visapparent .that the sheets 12liaving the crossed threads 14a, and 15, closely located one to another, Will be axially'porous and to .some extent, porous transversely, as theslead oxide may not cover the threadsin some places. Moreover it is apparentthat the crossedthreads 14, and 15, Will afford capillary vattraction for vthe electrolyte and thereby carry .the sameso lthat almost vevery lparticle rof each sheet 12, and every particle of each of the .grids .6, and 13, as Well as the pins 10, Willbereached.

lln assembling the various parts of the plate, it will beunderstood, that a plurality of the sheets 12, may be pierced bythe pins 10, otone of the outside grids andy torced'on said pins so as to .lie on the inner sur-face ot said grid, when,pone of'tlie inside grids 13, may be placed on said pins and forced to Vlie on the exposed or near the exposed surtace ot' the'plurality 'of sheets 12, Whichv are located between the `vfirst .named outside grid and the inside grid. VThis same operation is carried out vWith respect tothe plurality of inside grids, and also with respect to the ot-her outside gridand the inside grid adj a# cent thereto. When thusV assembled Vthev parts may be pressed together and the extensions 7, bent to lie against` one another as shown in Fig. 5, of the drawing. In the above named operation it is obvious that the pinsV 10, Will pierce the sheets 12 and will also pass through the openings' therefor `in ataca their free ends.

By my improvements it is obvious, that undue yexpansionv and contraction 'of the platel 1n the discharge v.and charging kof the the Orids so that they may be clinched or riv- -battery, Will be compensated for or `taken vup by means of the webbing or netted sheets,

"the pins, permitting` passage of the electrolyte to practically all portions ofpthe active material.

Furthermore, it is apparent that the yWebbing or net-ted' sheets are for holding the little particles of active material in pl'a'cethereby prolonging the life ottlieiplate vbesides increasing its capacity.

VHaving thus fully describedmy invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is: y

In a kbattery plate, the combination of a pair of spaced apart outside grids each having on its inner surface transversely extended pins and each also having between said pins openings to receive the pins ofthe plates, with a plurality of inside gridsvspaced'from one another andalso from said outside grids, said inside grids having openings arranged to receive said pins, and a plurality of netted sheets each treated with 'lead oxide located between. each outside grid and the inside grid adjacentthereto and alsobetvveen the in-` side grids, said sheets havingthe said pins extended therethrough. f

TIMOTHY RWILLIAMS. 

